Lewis, Leonhardt & Co. v. Southern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee; Edward T. Sanford, Judge. Action by Lewis, Leonhardt & Co. against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This was an action to recover damages ($100,000) for breach of a contract, set out in the first and *322third counts of the declaration. The contract in each of the forms alleged concerned a milling in transit arrangement, entered into by the parties in 1901, and in one form or another observed until 1907, when the ultimate breach complained of occurred. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence a motion to direct a verdict in favor of defendant was allowed, and plaintiffs bring error.
[1] Prior to and in 1901 the plaintiffs were engaged in the business of selling hay, grain,…
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